2016-08-11 Release

Notable contents of this release include an upgrade to Cross-Device Resume
functionality with IQ, as well as upgrades to Live.

Ooyala IQ Release - Version 1.6.1.5

New Features and Enhancements

Third-Party Players May Use XDR Functionality.

A third-party player may now make use of XDR code for pause and resume functionality, provided
the player can integrate with the IQ JSON API. For example, a video can be paused on an Ooyala player and resumed on a Roku player.
Some example third-party devices that are compatible include:

Roku

Xbox One

XDR Supports External Assets.

XDR now includes support for assets external to Backlot (e.g., located in third-party content-management systems).

Ooyala Live Release - Version 2.1.0

The Event Details page displays a new DVR
Window field. This field displays the value of the
DVR Duration Override field located on the
Advanced tab of the Add
Event dialog.

When Facebook Syndication is enabled, the
Stream Duration (Minutes) defaults to 240
minutes; the maximum allowed by Facebook. Previously, it defaulted to 90
minutes. For channels that were created during previous releases, the
Stream Duration (Minutes) still defaults to 90
minutes. However, you can change this value to 240 minutes.

Support has been added for Microsoft PlayReady (PR) content protection with
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) and Common Encryption (CENC),
with playback support in Ooyala Player V4.

The Slates manager supports .mov
files. For example, when you use Add Slate to upload
a file, you can upload a .mov file.

When you use the Add Event dialog, the
Enable Archive field is enabled by default.
Previously, Enable Archive was not enabled by
default.

Email notifications for channels, events, schedules, and errors are now
supported. To enable email notifications, hover over your login name in the
upper right corner of the Live window and select Notification
Settings from the menu that appears. Then, in the
Notifications Settings page that opens, add
comma-separated email addresses and select the notifications you want sent.
Finally, at the bottom of the page, click Update
Notifications. The notifications feature will begin working
within approximately 15 minutes.

Resolved Issues

To help fix an issue with public profiles being deleted, profiles can be
reassigned while a channel is stopped. While a channel's
Status is Stopped, on the
Encoding page you can use Encoder
Input Profile and Encoder Output
Profile to select a different profile. Similarly, on the
Packaging page, you can use Packager
Input Filter Template and Packager Output Filter
Template to select a different template.

Previously, the channel displayed duplicate listings for each output that
had DRM enabled. For newly created channels, on the channel's
Packaging page, the Output
Format fields displays each output format once. Similarly,
the Create New Channel dialog, on the
Packaging Setup page, the dialog displays each
output once. Channels that were created during previous releases may still
display duplicate listings.

Cleeng Integration and Player V4

Cleeng paywall integration now supports Player V4 (in addition to Player V3).